WHEN: Friday, June 24 – Saturday, June 25, 2022 WHERE: Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort | Orlando, Florida PURPOSE: This event will provide an opportunity to participate in valuable classroom training and share ideas and best practices with emergency responders from across the U.S. Attendees will have their choice of breakout […]
Rural Road Safety Awareness Week 2022
For 2022, we are changing the focus of RRSAW from informing the general public to reaching rural road safety practitioners directly. This aligns better with our mission and resources. First, the National Center for Rural Road Safety equips rural road safety practitioners, so we would like to evolve RRSAW to focus on them. Second, we […]
Register Now for the NVFC Health & Safety Training Summit
Registration is now open for the National Volunteer Fire Council’s (NVFC) 2022 Health & Safety Training Summit. The Summit will take place Friday, June 24, and Saturday, June 25, in Orlando, FL. The conference is open to all volunteer firefighters, EMS providers, department leadership, and other fire department personnel from across the United States. Click […]
10-Point MVC Safety Checklist
Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) – both big and small – are a commonplace call in many fire and EMS systems. We respond to them on congested and high-speed interstates, at city intersections, on rural roadways and even at round-abouts (turn circles or rotaries). For some, they’re almost a daily call occurrence. Regardless of your MVC […]
Gasoline Safety
Tips on the safe use of gasoline to prevent fires and burns. Gasoline is very common and familiar. So we don’t think about how dangerous and flammable it is. Safety tips If you need to carry or store gasoline, use an approved container. Keep the container in a secure, upright position away from passenger areas, […]
Bars in Volunteer Firehouses: Weighing the safety and liability Issues
Providing alcohol in the firehouse can serve as a mechanism to encourage socialization, but this also creates liability issues Question: My volunteer fire department is old-school: We have a bar attached to the station that brings in needed revenue, plus it serves as a hangout for the members. Should the liability concerns outweigh the income […]